Sunset (1988)

Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 win & 2 nominations total

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Director
- Blake Edwards
Writers
- Rod Amateau
- Blake Edwards
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Trivia
Although the plot is mostly fiction, Wyatt Earp and Tom Mix were real-life friends. After Earp retired from law enforcement, he and his wife drifted around, eventually setting in Los Angeles, where he and Mix met. Mix tried to get Hollywood to produce a movie about Earp, but they weren't interested. Earp was hired as a technical consultant for movies starring Mix and William S. Hart. When Earp died in 1929, Mix and Hart were his pallbearers.

Goofs
One of the movie star doubles at the Candy Store is dressed like Mae West. The film takes place in 1929. West's big screen debut was in Night After Night (1932).

Quotes
Wyatt Earp: It's all true, give or take a lie or two.

Crazy credits
The final frame of the picture freezes, and the following text appears: "And this is how it really happened. Give or take a lie or two."

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert: Shakedown/Stormy Monday/Sunset/Two Moon Junction/White Mischief (1988)

Soundtracks
Black And Tan Fantasy
Performed by Duke Ellington and the Duke Ellington Orchestra (as Orchestra)
Courtesy of RCA Records

Caught this for the first time late night Sept., 2006. It was a very cool, foggy San Francisco night. I loved it! The critics missed the point altogether on this one. An older Ebert probably would have given it more than two stars. Garner was great, as usual, in his cool understated character. One critic said Bruce Willis was not movie star material. WRONG! The porn star Joe Dallesandro as "Dutch" was one of several funny, kinky sidebars. Yes, Chandler could have written it and drank to its health. Oh oh! scolded for less than ten lines---so, the cold, impersonal wind swept down trashy Market Street where the very rich and the very poor rubbed shoulders nonchalantly. Ah! the irony of it all.